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Since its founding in 1906, Suffolk University has made a commitment to provide its students with unparalleled experiences and opportunities. Explore our unique downtown Boston location, and then consider the many paths your life might take from here.

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Why Suffolk?

A Community of Learning

As you start your academic journey, you’ll find a supportive network of faculty, staff, and classmates ready to help you succeed. We let you chart the course your education takes, from traditional classes enriched by real-world experiences to research projects, study abroad, internships, and more.

Life As We Know It

Suffolk places you smack in the heart of Boston, with countless activities at hand and unexpected opportunities around every corner. Whether you’re commuting or living on campus, you’ll find yourself making connections and getting involved.

An Extended Family

When you graduate from Suffolk, you join a strong alumni community that will continue to enrich your life. More than 70,000 living Suffolk alumni stay connected with each other and the University, supporting their alma mater—including current students—in a whole bunch of ways.

Suffolk writes its success story through more than 75,000 alumni.

Whether you're a student-athlete, an alum, or just looking for the latest game times, you'll find plenty of excitement in Suffolk athletics. We believe that athletic participation and competition are important aspects of the college experience. Lessons discovered through athletic participation contribute to success in a student's college years as well as in their future professional and personal experiences.

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Justin Prettyman BS '07

Sometimes, a great opportunity presents itself simply because you’re in the right place at the right time. For Justin Prettyman BS ’07, his big break came while he was a student at Suffolk and working part-time at Paradise Rock Club.

Prettyman had recently completed a Sports Crisis Management course taught by Wayne Levy of the Boston Celtics’ Shamrock Foundation. It was through that class he figured out what he wanted to do for his career: to work on the charitable side of the sports industry.

When he found out that (now former) Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein would be hosting his Hot Stove Cool Music fundraiser at the club, Prettyman offered his services to the Red Sox as a volunteer. His hard work and determination impressed the program coordinator, who subsequently asked him to volunteer more and more. “It reached a point where I told them, ‘I need to start getting paid for this,’” Prettyman says. So they did.

In his current role as assistant director of marketing and development for the Red Sox Foundation, Prettyman is responsible for branding the foundation across New England through events and fundraising. That involves working with sponsors, donors, and social media.

Despite having no web background, Prettyman created a website for the Foundation (the only one among MLB charities) and cultivated the largest Twitter following of its kind. All told, his efforts have helped the Red Sox Foundation become the largest team foundation in professional sports.

But Prettyman’s proudest accomplishment is his involvement with Red Sox Scholars, the Foundation’s academic cornerstone. “I’m proud of the fact that it’s not just a ‘checkbook charity,’” Prettyman says of the program, which recruits middle school students and offers them mentoring opportunities in addition to college scholarships. In total, there are 240 students in the program, including two from Suffolk: Aunnakalia Boyce BS ’14 and Lidia Zayas ’15. Both offer high praise for their mentor and friend.

As someone who is on the job during each of the Red Sox’ 81 home games, Justin Prettyman works hard for his success. But it hasn’t hurt being in the right place at the right time—just ask him to see his two World Series rings.

Q&A with Justin Prettyman

Coolest piece of memorabilia from/perk of the job?

The (World Series) rings. 2007 was my first year with the team, so now I have two.

What's it like to work for such a high profile organization?

Like any job it has its ups and downs. The schedule is one thing I didn't anticipate—81 home games is a huge commitment.

How often do family and friends hit you up for tickets?

It's nice that I get to share the experience with my family and friends, but the downside is that they do hit me up a bit for tickets.